I was back for round two with this sweet family! I received the text when she was born and it was a little painful waiting for the three month mark to capture this sweet girl. But that’s the beauty of lifestyle photography: since there is no posing that requires a super sleepy baby, in-home newborn sessions can happen at any age. (Three months is still pretty new, in my book.)

What a treat it was to capture this Nashville family in their beautiful home! Hope you enjoy as well…

Wow what a year! 2018 has been wonderfully kind to Sweet Wally Photography, and I am so grateful.

After taking some time off in 2017 to relocate our family, I wanted 2018 to be a rebuilding year in Nashville and a launch year in Bowling Green. This has kept me busy and that’s just what I was hoping!

I’m so grateful that so many of the women I have photographed over the past year have now become my friends. How lucky am I? Thanks Sweet Wally Mamas - you make this all possible.

Cheers to 2018 and best wishes for another great year in 2019!

Whitney Williams of Sweet Wally Photography specializes in capturing motherhood. She is a maternity, lifestyle newborn and family photographer serving Nashville, Tennessee, and Bowling Green, Kentucky. And she is always available for traveling to you!

Skimming my blog or viewing my portfolio, you may find a theme: siblings take the spotlight. As a newborn photographer, I consider capturing siblings my specialty.

I absolutely love capturing the bond between bigs and littles during lifestyle newborn sessions. The majority of my older brothers and or sisters are still in their toddler years and simultaneously juggling potty training, big boy bed graduation, the big brother promotion. It is a lot to take in for them, but it is such special time to capture.

But this big sister truly takes the special cake. She is the first big sister I’ve captured who has yearned for that title for several years. At the ripe old age of 9, she finally got her wish.

What a treat it was to capture this sweet connection, photographing her cradling his sweet head and whispering words into his ear. What a lucky boy this baby is to have not only his parents who adore him, but another little lady in his life who cares so deeply.

Enjoy this special bond I captured in their home during an newborn session in Bowling Green…

If your family is expecting a big sister promotion soon and you have a desire to capture those moments at home, I’d love to chat. Please reach out here so we can do just that.

Whitney Williams of Sweet Wally Photography specializes in capturing motherhood. She is a maternity and newborn lifestyle photographer serving Nashville, Tennessee, and Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is available for travel.

Oh I cannot truly express how fun this session was! Why? Because that older brother was one of my first newborns I photographed in Nashville. Remembering him as that tiny baby with a head full of dark hair and then walking him to see a walking, talking adorable little boy was a trip!

This family has had a whirlwind of a summer with a move, but this big brother was handling it all on style. Such a treat to photograph this sweet boy and his new baby brother in their home in Nashville for an in-home lifestyle newborn session!

Enjoy this family and expect to see more of them in the future - I’ll be photographing Baby L’s christening next month!

If your oldest baby is getting the big brother upgrade, I’d love to capture that time of your family. Please reach out here so we can chat about getting you scheduled!

I can sum up this post in just a few words: Bring me all the twins. And their big sisters.

This family is gorgeous (obviously), connected and totally ready for taking on the world as a family of six. We met in their home before these identical twin baby girls were two weeks old for their newborn session, and even grandma was able to sneak in some photos. Three cheers for capturing motherhood in all stages!

I could feel these big sisters' excitement for their littles right when I walked in the door. And capturing their connection that will only grow with time was kind of the best thing ever. Four cheers for sisters!

Enjoy this sweet gaggle of girls in their lifestyle newborn session...

I'm going to repeat what I wrote early: bring me all the twins. If you are expected to grow your family by two, I'd love to chat about how we can create a photography experience for your family! Please reach out here to get started.

"Oh that is so sweet! I just love those babies in those cute crochet outfits & beautiful baskets!"

"Actually, I'm a lifestyle photographer so my babies aren't posed. Just a sweet baby with her family."

"Do you have a studio?"

"No, I always photograph my families in their own home."

"Interestesting." **insert slightly confused yet intrigued look**

Lifestyle newborn photography isn't much of a known name outside of the photography world. When one hears newborn photography, she typically thinks posed baby, cute hat, adorable background, Anne Geddes. It is beautiful. It takes a real skill. But it's not me at all.

So that leaves me to explain the type of newborn photography I love to do: lifestyle newborn photography. It is unposed, relaxed, no props, no background. It's just your family, your home, your new life.

I picked up a camera to tell the story of my children's daily lives, and that desire translates into my professional work. I want to tell the story of you bringing home your first baby and how the dog whimpered every time she cried. I want to document the craziness of bringing home your second with your oldest still in diapers and how he suddenly looked like a big kid overnight. I want you in the photos, with all of your new parent tiredness shining through - but also with that look of awe you inevitably get when rocking your baby in the nursery you spent hours putting together.

With a lifestyle newborn photography session, I come into your home to capture the special moments of your family: siblings holding the little one, dad mastering the swaddle and all the funny in-between moments of the dog jumping on the couch and trying to steal the show. I photograph the little touches in the nursery that means so much to you. I freeze this fleeting moment in time when all is new and fresh and full of promise.

With a lifestyle session, you'll not just say "Remember when..." You will be able to pull out the album and say "Look, this is when..." And all the memories of those first few weeks as a growing family come flooding back. It is a gift to have and I see it as a gift to capture.

If this style speaks to you, I would love to have a conversation about documenting your family. Let's start chatting here!

And SUPER FUN sidenote: a few of my photographer friends are doing a blog circle! I'm honored to send you off to my friend Tanya Moon. She's a lifestyle photographer in Columbia, TN, just south of us here in Bowling Green, Kentucky! She's a black & white photo lover like myself, and I am in love with her compositions. You will be too!

Whitney Williams of Sweet Wally Photography creates custom photography experiences for women becoming mothers. She is a lifestyle newborn photographer in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee, and she is available for travel.

While this is technically a Fresh 48 session, it should really big called a Fresh 3 session! I was invited to capture this family at the Baby+Co in Nashville, Tennessee, very shortly after this big guy's birth. Not even a bath had been had when this sweet baby made his professional photo debut!

The birth center is beautiful and full of lovely light, and their oldest definitely wins the Happiest Big Brother award. I could not have asked for a sweeter family to capture to kick off my Fresh 48 career.

I hope you feel all the feels this family had when welcoming their second!

Fresh 48 newborn sessions are a great alternative to my traditional at-home lifestyle sessions. If you have family visiting at the hospital only or want to capture those special details only their place of birth can offer, a Fresh 48 session may be a perfect fit for you. Let's chat more about that here!

I am asked this question often. And I get it. As someone who had two babies two years apart, I understand it seems daunting to put on a decent outfit & a full face of make-up just days after giving birth. It is an investment in time and in money too: hiring a professional photographer to capture your family needs to be budgeted.

But oh my goodness, it is so important. It is essential to have those images that capture your new baby, that capture your new life. It is paramount to have photographs capturing your version of motherhood.

As a photographer, I have so many beautiful images of my children and wonderful images of them with their dad. But I am always taking those photos, behind the camera and behind the scenes. Once, after a trip to Disney World, I created a lovely 100-page photo book documenting our family fun. And do you want to guess how many photos I was in? Four. Four images of me in 100 pages of photos.

That was my wake-up call. I am not behind the scenes. I am not a player on the sidelines. I am very much an integral part of my children's childhood, and I'll be damned if they don't see that evidence in photographs when I'm long gone.

Too much? Sorry, this is obviously a hot button issue for me! But excuse me while I stand on this soap box a tad longer...

From that point forward, I have made a concerted effort to be in photographs with my children. I am setting up the tripod, I'm passing off the camera and I'm hiring a professional photographer on the regular to capture our family unit. With makeup on! In a decent outfit!

Don't get me wrong: there is certainly a place for snapshots and selfies. But how many of those images will make it out of your phone and into a frame in your home? How many of those photographs will be around when your baby has her baby? How will you compare which features your baby shares with your grandbaby?

So book the photographer. Get in the frame. I promise you won't regret it.